Strange World is a boring mess

I only went to see Strange World in cinemas because someone gifted the tickets to me for free and even then I wanted a refund. I still think this is the worst Disney animated film to date.

[@galfor127]

Rural American who likes Electroswing here, looking at the technology they are using in the clips you showed, and considering the plant life that seems to be present, those fields that they are supposedly growing a plant that was capable of growing in a snowy, high-altitude environment, and apparently nowhere else, are far too clean and square. I don't think that, even with modern technology, it would be possible to create such perfect looking fields especially the lack of weeds. There is also the small issue of trying to grow plants native to a specific environment in uncontrolled environments, the act of creating new technology to harness the new energy source, and becoming totally dependent on something in less than a generation.

[@FromOrbit]

But its not a plant, though. If you haven't seen the movie, then this is going to be spoilers, but the thing they're growing is a parasite or some kind of disease that leeches off of the giant animal that they live on. The part that looks like a plant is just the bit of the parasite that sticks out of the ground. All the little offshoots are connected to each other underground sort of like a giant fungus which is how they follow it down into the strange world in the first place. I do think the technological progress is a bit extreme, but hey it only took sixty-five years to get from the Wright brothers to the moon landing.

[@galfor127]

@@FromOrbit Fair point. However, if it is indeed a parasite of a fungal variety, the environment in which it grows is still important. Fungi that produce fruiting bodies only produce them under the right conditions. Here in AL, it is not uncommon to see deathcaps appear in fall in random places. The cooling temperature coupled with more wet days and higher chances of dew in the mornings create an environment where they can effectively spread their spores. This is different from fly agaric mushrooms that seem to only sprout in pine thickets during the late fall shortly before the first freeze comes in. If it is not fungal and is instead more closely related to parasitic plants, you still run into similar issues. Mistletoe seems like it should grow anywhere there are trees and birds to move the seeds, but it becomes exceedingly rare in cold and arid environments. If it is more closely related to parasitic forms of Animalia, I am curious as to why it has a fruiting body like that... most parasitic animals that live in or on a host (think parasitic worms) produce hardy eggs that are able to survive outside a host long enough to be consumed by a suitable new host either by eating or drinking contaminated substances so these strange alien parasites don't match in their reproductive style. Most animal parasites are surprisingly mobile and do not rely on a single type of host. Bacteria, Achaea, or Protista, maybe? If it is Bacterial that might give it its high levels of environmental resistance but... with a lack of multicellular examples of those three, it is hard to say with certainty. In regards to the technology, my biggest concern would be in the creating new technology category. The Wright bros were working with technology that existed, they made it mesh together. Going to the moon in 60 years, different technologies. Rockets work kinda like reverse guns or mortars,they harness the power of recoil but hit the planet instead of a person. What's truly impressive about the moon landing is the math involved,since it was built using newtonian physics as a base with a touch of the newer special relativity thrown in but was entirely done with theoretical knowledge from data from observing planetary movements and the data gleaned from orbiting the earth.

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

It's a systemic fungal infection. The environment as geological environment is overall not important because the whole island is the same environment from abiological point. Like yes such infections will start at specific places first but can spread everywhere if the immunsystem goes down. And that's what's happening in the movie.

[@kalebtewodros]

10:39 wait hold on what was meant by this? What were those tapes?

[@catoticneutral]

@@kalebtewodros I looked up "Disney Michael Eisner Tapes" and found an Internet Archive page with the video that the clip of Mickey and Minny wearing hats is from, no idea what the rest of that stuff is though.

[@TheAcornPrincess]

So, my dad is currently a software engineer, but he used to be a journalist. More specifically, he was a USC graduate whose primary work was reporting on the entertainment industry. And he has a lot of interesting stories from that time. One of them was when he was sent to do press coverage for Rescuers Down Under. The people working on it were really excited! They were really rooting for this movie, going all out to promote it, and chances are, a lot of you reading this comment were hyped too if you were a kid growing up in the 90s. And then it underperformed at the box office. As soon as it became clear that Rescuers Down Under wasn't going to make it's money back, they pulled all advertising. (Waking Sleeping Beauty covered this). Disney doesn't like to waste money on movies that aren't going to pull a profit. In fact, according to my dad, if a given film performs poorly at preview screenings, any marketing campaigns for said film get thrown in the trash. In fact, if you were paying attention like I was because hyperfixation, the live action Pinocchio also got the bare minimum of advertising and - surprise, surprise! - was panned by critics. No, Strange World didn't flop because Disney hates gays or variety or environmental messaging or whatever conspiracy theory Tumblr is going to cook up next. Do you think these people LIKE losing money? The thing is, when the first teaser came out, I was actually really looking forward to seeing it. Then the full trailer came out and revealed that this movie was about Jake Gyllenhaal's daddy issues, and that's really fucking boring. I imagine a lot of people, including the test audience, thought that too, and thus when Thanksgiving weekend rolled up, they took their eyeballs elsewhere. Anyway the moral of the story is if you have to have a Disney product be a martyr for your cause, pick Owl House and not Strange World. And support creators and not corporations.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

Rescuers Down Under is one of the best sequels Disney ever made and it annoys me that they buried it. I had a blast seeing it on the big screen as a kid!

[@wolftamer5463]

​@@CinnamonGrrlErin1 I agree, it was a good movie that gave you more of the characters you loved. Down under has been one of my favorites since I was a kid.

[@Attmay]

I also saw it when I was a kid along with the 1989 re-release of the original. This was the movie that preemptively took away the excuses for why the direct to video sequels looked like garbage.

[@Attmay]

The second one had better animation, but the first one had more heart and paid more than just lip service to Marjorie Sharp, the author of the original books.

[@terrafletcher1930]

I really don't like these modern kids movies as they have a ton of redundancy issues that feels like they think their audience is stupid, not just kids. Even if kids don't understand every subtle implication, they definitely SEE it. The stakes and the message feel shallow and I always feel like there are major plot holes.

[@rommix0]

Like that one part in Puss In Boots 2 where it tells the audience that the movie "is a fairy tale". Knowing Dreamworks though I think they were flat out mocking that trend. Still a great movie.

[@wwehulk8798]

@@rommix0 Well yeah, everyone should know by now Dreamworks always mocks fairy-tale cliches especially with their "once upon a time" opening. Shrek literally starts his first movie doing that XD

[@rommix0]

@@wwehulk8798 indeed. He literally wipes one of the pages with his ass and flushes it down the toilet 😆

[@wwehulk8798]

@@rommix0 Sums up the metaphor on how outdated things get flushed away later in time perfectly XD

[@rommix0]

@@wwehulk8798 yep, and that's exactly what happened when Shrek came out. Disney couldn't use their own tropes anymore, and made abominations like Chicken Little.

[@airplanes_aren.t_real]

Honestly how many "first LGBTQ+ characters" do we have at this point It feels like we've gotten so caugh up with the idea of inclusion that we'll take whatever we can get instead of demanding what we deserve, I've seen 16 year old do better representation with a drawing tablet and an essay due next week than multi million dolar corporations

[@dandereninja4750]

I’m still waiting for the first good example of representation where being LGBTQ isn’t there whole personality. Well from I should say I’m waiting for from Hollywood. Video game companies have been hitting it out of the park with good representation.

[@umjammerlammy9993]

I feel like these characters actually aren't even allowed to be gay. like one of the complaints is their "whole personality is gay" but whens the last time you saw a trans character revelling in their new identity? Someone who still carries all the scars and rage of Stonewall? When's the last time it was actually shown that being gay in such a dangerously homophobic world is going to be fucking rough and painful? Hell theyre not even allowed to say gay or lesbian or bisexual, and god fucking forbid you say transgender

[@thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463]

The Owl House is probably the best one so far.

[@TauGeneration]

for Disney?, it's never enough

[@TauGeneration]

@@thenotsoamazinggracetnsag3463 aaand they would straight up cancel it if tara didn't negotiate that the 3rd season would be 3 specials

[@BovineDesigns]

I had no idea Disney got their grubby hands on Caravan Palace... That is so disheartening...

[@SilverSkitty]

1:26 Atlantis was also a much much better adventure movie because the it incorporated the characters’ roles into their design. Audrey for instance, is clearly the team’s mechanic because she wears overalls, boots, and other utilitarian clothing. Ethan is supposed to be the explorer but nothing about his design suggests this and his outfit is something a generic high schooler would wear to class.

[@misterzygarde6431]

I’m glad that I went to see Puss in Boots in theaters instead of staying home to watch it.

[@rommix0]

It's too good to not see on the big screen. I agree.

[@KitCabaret]

I'm so glad anytime I see something new from this channel, it may be buried but I hope it never dies

[@rold-hx8bu]

It might be _Buried_ but it sure is _Entertainment_

[@cosmobarr1110]

I always love the concept of your character I find the small interteractions your character has to be infinity more interesting than strange world

[@BuriedEntertainment]

To be fair "Raya", "Chicken Little" and "Mars Needs Moms" are arguable worst in some aspects but at least they all managed to actually obtain an emotional response out of me (although weak) which in my opinion is better than feeling nothing but that's just my take.

[@f0ursc0rez]

Cars 2 is probably worse in every regard to all the movies you have mentioned in my opinion.

[@idioticbuffoon8960]

A horrible movie is often more entertaining than a bland movie

[@tatarchan5212]

At least all 3 of them have some weird charm. Chicken little is my guilty pleasure. But Strange world? No. This is failed attempt at being Atlantis.

[@grandfinaleka8913]

​@@tatarchan5212 Yeah I noticed the same thing about Strange World

[@Recall20k]

Zombies. It's basically high school musical with segregation.

[@animegod.-.2919]

The funny thing is when the trailer first came out I thought the movie was going to be completely different, I don't know why I thought of this idea but I thought the movie was going to be about a man who loss his wife and child and thinks it's his fault suddenly found a mythical world that can bring back loss ones and so he meets a group of explore s who help him and try reconnecting with his wife and child and as the movie goes on he finally sees his wife and child but and tries to bring them back to the real world but they were unable to telling him that it's best to move on because if he doesn't he would be trapped in his bubble thinking their death is his fault so once he realizes it's best to move one he wakes up from his dream and tries to move on but every now and then he visits their grave and puts flowers on their tombstone then before the end he says ; thank you for the best years I had I my life and I will never forget the amazing family I had and I will miss you so much; after that he walks off beginning his new life. Yeah so my idea it's really weird why I thought of this idea just wanted to share that

[@zacharyriley4561]

I would watch that.

[@magical571]

"so weird you guys" says while typing the most tired cliche of dead mom/wife ever lol.

[@quinnholleman1547]

​@magical571 I think they're saying "it's weird I drew that conclusion" not "it's a weird idea"

[@aynohalopesdealmeida9932]

I thought it was some kind of fantasy nature documentary of an unexplored place with some plot trough in there (Idk if I wrote that right I'm spanish)

[@geardog24]

This is one of those times where having an actual villain would've helped the movie. Come on Disney, get it together!

[@quinnholleman1547]

That would require acknowledging that the main force behind ecological destruction is corporate greed, not personal irresponsibility and the largest entertainment corporation in the world isn't going to do that

[@austinreed7343]

@@quinnholleman1547 The focus on personal irresponsibility has good intentions, as blaming corporations would make things seem too daunting/hopeless for the masses, but it’s still causing damage.

[@robbycooper6787]

I think equestria is more interesting than the “Strange world” so that’s an ultra failure on Disney’s end.

[@user-KNP13]

high standard much?!?

[@robbycooper6787]

@@user-KNP13 so my little pony land is actually well done? I thought it just had worldbuilding that actually worked due to there being actual locations

[@user-KNP13]

@@robbycooper6787 clarify

[@robbycooper6787]

@@user-KNP13 why is equestria a high standard?

[@user-KNP13]

@@robbycooper6787 Because the show is generally competent and enjoyable by wider demographics than just elementary schoolers?

[@reggiel7313]

The scene where the kid explains the point of the board game that's about not damaging any creature and just existing was so funny, truly the most boring board game to ever exist, who would even play that

[@PigBoy99]

Animal Crossing players, Stardew Valley players, Harvest Moon players More people than you think

[@Eemi_Seppala]

​@@PigBoy99 Though how many of them would play an Animal crossing or Harvest moon board game?

[@PigBoy99]

@@Eemi_Seppala well animal crossing monopoly exists

[@halfastudio]

@@Eemi_Seppala there's literally an stardew valley board game

[@cheshirecat882]

I am sorry you have never played shogi.

[@mmalinoff5290]

I just discovered this channel today and it’s such a creative concept. I love the mix of movie reviews and a unique original story. How every episode tells us more about Valentino and the other characters story but not enough for us to have a complete picture yet. The voice acting and character designs are also really good. These are all very entertaining, stay buried but never die. It’s like hidden treasures.

[@juliuscaesar6660]

I've seen waaaaay too much people blaming the flop of this movie on either the gayness or the non-marketing, you must be part of the few that realiced it was just boring Also, even when I watched the trailer, it seemed like the twist would be that the whole planet was alive, you know, with how a lot of the beasts have no eyes and the pet is literally an ameba, but since you make no mention of it, I guess I was just wrong, which is sad since that means this film doesn't even have a twist PD:wooho! I'm the 100th like!

[@coyraig8332]

To be fair, those criticisms were probably speculation from people who didn't watch the movie

[@lautaroroldanpizzorno7494]

It does have a twist, at the end of the movie they go past the mountains and realise the whole land was an island who is alive. I can see why he didn't bring it up though because there's not much to say.

[@juliuscaesar6660]

@@lautaroroldanpizzorno7494 Oh, so I got it about right just with watching the trailer...you know? it kinda isn't much better since I didn't need to watch the movie anyways And also, if they were so uninspired to not be able to make that interesting...I think I can see who are going to be fired first when the resecion hits Disney

[@missmisfit9140]

I think the most interesting thing about this movie is the fact that it reminded me and my friends of the mystery flesh pit national park. I remember literally nothing else about it. Also welcome back it literally made my day to see this notification this morning

[@SilverSkitty]

I had the exact same thought and that made the movie kinda disturbing to me

[@kluvis891]

I’ll say this, at least the film gives me the strong creative drive to write something better!

[@larrylaffer3246]

The Bob's Burgers Movie was probably the only Disney movie I've liked this year. "And it's only a Disney movie by proxy since the whole 20th Century Fox buyout thing."

[@rommix0]

And that one didn't do well at the box office either. Still better reception than Strange World though.

[@larrylaffer3246]

@@rommix0 It deserved the better reception not the same financial fate.

[@chasformer3091]

I refuse to call it a Disney movie.

[@Leostar-Regalius]

it's a Disney movie? then why isn't it on Disney plus?

[@chasformer3091]

@@Leostar-Regalius Cause people love Bobs Burgers, and Disney doesn't like that.

[@its_me_angelie4956]

If Disney continues to make mediocre movies like Strange world, other studios will take over and Disney’s reputation will get worse over time … It’s very cool seeing other studios getting the recognition they deserve (Like Dreamworks With Puss in boots the Last wish which I absolutely love) … and It’s refreshing to see other talented artists making Films that aren’t Disney but at the same time Disney has the potential to make awesome films but I feel like currently they don’t push their talents far enough… If they continue to make mediocre movies, they’re gonna keep making the same stuff over and over again …

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

I am glad to see you back, I missed your content! I love the little text blurbs, I'm sure most people will understand what you mean but just because most do doesn't mean that a lot don't benefit from this. It is nice to be clear and well thought out! Doesn't seem like we can say that about this movie. Little joke aside though, welcome back.

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

So glad I saw One Piece Film Red instead of Strange World with my brother and nephew, it was way better and it had musical numbers. You could say Toei was more Disney than Disney was, don't you think?

[@Cornhollo26]

Dreamworks was more superior!

[@GodOfOrphans]

One Piece in general captures the whimsical vibes of classic cartoons in general really well. Luffy is Basically Rubber Hose style the character for example and it's an unapologetically romanticist story like much of the Don Bluth and Disney classics.

[@Reapermaskhybrid]

@@GodOfOrphans Yeah and his Gear 5th form is more or less The Mask minus the green face.

[@GodOfOrphans]

@@Reapermaskhybrid Gear 4 references Kabuki Theater too I think. Also this might just be me but how he recovers and powers up after losses by eating meat kinda reminds me of how Popeye would snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by eating spinach, they are both Sailors too, could totally just be apophenia on my part but it did evoke similar vibes.

[@austinreed7343]

And Uta did far more to endear me than Splat.

[@CinnamonGrrlErin1]

It's not you, something is very broken in the industry right now. Just look at David Zaslav axing animation left and right, like Paul Bunyan chopping down an entire forest with one fell swoop. Only to give us Velma as what they think adult animation should be. It's like the executives at these studios are ashamed of animation, and even ashamed of their own studio histories. Combined with an inexplicable need to try to preach what they consider to be moral lessons on audiences who are essentially held hostage for a couple hours at the theater.

[@GodOfOrphans]

THIS^

[@edorasmarauder5761]

Paul Bunyan?! There's a name I never thought I'd hear again.

[@Puggers22]

The only thing going for me in this movie is the aesthetic because I really love it, I'm so disappointed it was wasted in this nothing movie. Also the blue slime thing called Splat has a cool design.

[@irok1]

I still think it's just so they can make a ride out of it for Disneyland eventually

[@Cornhollo26]

No, they’re looking for excuses just to save the company from bankruptcy. But I’m planning not to see Disney’s latest movies.

[@BovineDesigns]

If they really wanted to tackle the pulp adventure style, perhaps they should've gotten artists who have expertise in that art style. Nothing about this film says pulp adventure. It looks like every big budget animated movie pooped out over the past 10 years. When you look at Hercules and Mulan there's a distinct visual style that sets them apart from the rest. But this, Encanto, and Raya (nearly forgot to list it) all look identical to Frozen and Tangled. A parody show like Venture Bros excels in every regard, whereas the actual "sincere" products lack any form of soul.

[@austinreed7343]

No, this one does look distinct, if terrible, compared to the prior films.

[@quinnholleman1547]

​@austinreed7343 But it doesn't look as distinct as the movie wants you to think it is. The character designs are just basic Disney designs but slightly more cartoonish and the "strange" visuals are surprisingly bland and uninspired for things that are supposed to look completely alien. None of it works and the movie just looks boring visually.

[@Kenshin6321]

Disney be like "Look, black and gay people! Give us money!" Disney became so obsessed with the message that they have forgotten all about telling a good entertaining story. And just because something is for toddlers, doesn't mean it has to be complete tripe.

[@hohohodrigues]

Look! easily removable gay scenes that doesn't add anything to the already lackluster story! give us your money!

[@magical571]

i don't get you people. the gay part is so small, they story is indeed about the family, grandpa dad and grandson, and not a gay character doing gay things or wathever (if anything, he is portrayed as disney would any teenager, seriously (awkard around his crush, trying to play it cool etc) but just gay, almost anecdotically so. If it was a heterosexual teen and his crush you wouldn't be paying any attention to it even if told the same way. It does not seem at all like they payed too much attention to the "gay side" of the movie (his love interest appears at the very begining and very end...). Yet there's people like you pushing this idea that it's one or the other? either spooky/suppposedly "tired" gay-disney-agenda, or good stories, enemies at odds with each other lol? i mean, i know which type of people i'm talking to, but it still baffles me. you could argue about the execution of the message or how prevalent it was, but said message is anything but "gay people included, now give us money"; it's so obviously focused on generational trauma, father son relationships, whether it succeds at what it sets out for or not it's another thing, and the biggest issue between the three main characters are their careers/jobs/long term goals etc being impossed down the to the next; their sexual orientation isn't given any relevance for better or worse, you decide. But for real, it speaks of how alienated some of you feel by the mere presence of a gay character, that inmediately you have to choke it up to their pressence if the story fails (and you could argue it fails, if you want to, i liked it fine, not great not bad, and it has nothing to do with the barely anedotal presence of a gay teen). If anything, the movie failed because it was a little too tame, slow, wathever you wanna call it. And what promotion lol? this has to be the less promoted disney film theatrical release of all time. If anything it's almost like disney were scared or unsure on how and if they should promote it.- Maybe they didn't want to give the twist away, maybe the blamed covid and the almost dead state of cinemas after it, maybe the were afraid of alienatig insecure straight people, maybe they didn't trust people would watch a movie branded as disney, and not pixar, while not being a musical, having anything even reminiscent of a princess, etc, or maybe they are just in a rot and facing internal struggle, which "Wish" absolutely proves it's the case if there was any doubt.

[@Kenshin6321]

@@magical571 Spiderman No Way Home and The Super Mario Bros movie both made over $1 billion. Avatar 2 made over $2 billion. All released post COVID. Your argument is invalid. People will go see good movies. This movie was not good for many reasons. It wasn't terrible, it was just bland nothing middle of the road corporate Disney slop.

[@katlegoassegaai9235]

​​@@magical571 PUSS IN BOOTS THE LAST WISH : 10/10 ! So FAR DreamWorks's BEST ! And The bad Guys : 8/10! Not great but it is definitely good! BUT LIGHTYEAR AND STRANGE WORLD?!! HELL NO! LIGHTYEAR: 4/10! WORSE than cars 2! STRANGE WORLD : 3/10! FAR FAR SOOO FAR FROM BEING THE ABSOLUTE WORST SO FAR than chicken little and LIGHTYEAR! AND I HATE STRANGE WORLD THE MOST AND I HAVE A MASSIVE DISTASTE ON THE MOVIE ALONE! 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jackislegitterrified3689]

​@@magical571Something I dislike about it is that Disney can't make the man be tough while the woman is soft. They just can't anymore. Frozen got close, but then fucked it up by making the sequel mock him. Maybe Tangled checks the box but that was years ago.

[@catsareevil101]

Nice to see you back! Also you are almost certainly right about why there was no marketing. Disney only seems to have 2 settings for there marketing sadly. They either put $200 million into something, or they let it die in a ditch. They probably saw the film and said "No way!" to the big bucks approach and just cut it loose instead.

[@Rosemont104]

As someone who is a fan of pulp covers and stories, the bland, "safe" aesthetic was doubly disappointing.

[@reggiel7313]

For real! Pulp stories sometimes get edgy and absurd but they're never just boring

[@xavierkazoo1619]

Can we talk about the character design? I'm not sure what it is about it but the characters don't look like Disney. The circular eyes, basic shaped faces and exaggerated facial features remind me lot of Hotel Transylvania. I love the animation style for that movie but those aspects work for that series because of how bouncy and expressive the characters and animation could be. With Disney's style of focusing on detailed characters these cartoony aspects of the design really clash, like seeing a unity asset animated into Avatar or something, It just doesn't work for me.

[@redsnake188]

First of all I can't tell you how happy I am to see your back! Second: everyone talks about the lack of advertising this moving had, but I feel like lived in a parallel world or something. I was constantly seeing this thing advertised everyday. My first reaction was, "Huh... that looks surprisingly bland" so I didn't look it up or try to pay it mind at any point. I dunno maybe they accidentally sent all the ads to one guy who didn't care

[@KlutzyNinjaKitty]

It's kinda bizzare how the turntables have turned. Dreamworks just released Puss in Boots, which was amazing and full of passion + artistry. And, say what you will about Chris Pratt, the new Mario movie actually looks good. Strange World? It looked bland and basic from the start. The adventure movie aesthetic felt like tinted shrink wrap (not offering much in how the movie's structured, just making it LOOK like an adventure movie) and the art style looks like it came from a bargain bin Hotel Transylvania ripoff. And, saying this as an Asexual woman, it's so obvious that the "reprezentatshun" is a last-defence shield. It's like the majority of these studios nowadays (not just Disney) are saying, "You see, the movie's not bad. That's just what all those mean, nasty homophobes are saying! Soo-ie little piggies, we've put a gay in the food trough! Come consume your product!" It's so gross and manipulative. Why can't we have representation framed like a normal ass relationship, where the two parties better each other in a significant way and with actual chemistry, and not in this faux-progressive sloppy style? Ugh.

[@Attmay]

Their ideas of Gay representation are a day late and a dollar short. They are also insincere because they are covering up for the fact that they are paying for employees to emasculate their Gay sons. It’s like the Favors brothers from *Song of the South* got together with Dr. Terminus from *Pete’s Dragon.* Disney is trying to eliminate homosexuality through eugenics and has been for years. They are complicit in war crimes against my people as a Gay MAN while claiming to be my allies. Real allies don’t emasculate little boys for not acting like my bullies did when I was in school.

[@dovahnok0957]

Tbh, this guy can say anything about any movie and I won’t get upset. Hell, he could call Puss in Boots 2 a disappointing mess and I’d be inclined to think about it

[@RealQuin]

I was completely taken out of the movie when I heard that caravan palace song play. Has disney ever seen the fucking music video for that song? y'know, that one with the furries and the stripper and all that murdering?

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

It was the equivalent of playing Fall Out Boy's badass rendition of the Ghostbusters Theme in a scene where there is absolutely *zero* ghosts being busted!!! I think that's why so many people hated that cover, and it shows how much Answer the Call misunderstood Ghostbusters....

[@Hydreigon445]

5:01 I laughed way harder than I should have

[@michaeliv284]

Would you believe I thought the movie was gonna be bad when I heard that the main character was called "Searcher"?

[@cupcakKe_express]

Seriously who names their kid that name

[@michaeliv284]

@@cupcakKe_express I mean, I'd be OK with it if he changed his name after he and his dad split. "Sean/Shawn" for instance

[@nopressure6986]

@@michaeliv284 Sharing a name with him would be absolute torture, and I’m obligated to either like the original name or hate you just for suggesting it.

[@nekobyoneko444]

I find the choice to use lone digger odd for a kids/family movie. If they try to find the song they are almost certainly going to see the music video, where a strip club turns into a bloodbath. Not exactly PG.

[@KlutzyNinjaKitty]

It’s also hilarious when you can hear the song splicing in the scene. There’s a split second when the vocals are about to come in but they just hard cut into another instrumental bit. Also, the truth is that this ISN’T a kids/family movie. It’s a movie targeting the left-leaning, Whole Foods going, millennial “Disney Adults” crowd. That’s why Lone Digger’s in there, that’s why both MCs have daddy issues, that’s why the MC’s gay, that’s why there’s a tripod dog, that’s why they have avocado egg toast, play ripoff Catan, and it’s why (aside from the grandpa) all the male characters have the same weak/emasculated look to them. It’s so blatant it’s infuriating.

[@austinreed7343]

@@KlutzyNinjaKitty The pandering is so obviously corporate and cynical.

[@Impostersussyballs]

@@KlutzyNinjaKittyI think you’re reading into it a little too much there, schizo It’s just a boring movie cause it was corporate to the max and feels made in a factory. I don’t think it has anything to do with left wingers, I think it’s just a bad attempt at corporate broad appeal, like most movies nowadays

[@Aethon_is_here]

"Avacado toast" Say no more, I know the people who made this are hipsters.

[@austinreed7343]

Or are pandering to them for profit, which is worse

[@morbidsearch]

​@austinreed7343 Yeah that's the thing. So many people online act like the "woke" people are those in charge. No, the same people are still in charge even if they randomly throw a bone to people you don't like.

[@tiamystic]

8:32 they be dancing like the people on the Grubhub commercial, that’s what bothered me 😭

[@SilverSkitty]

Lmfao Yesss

[@chasformer3091]

They might have called this movie Safe World cause they played it safe. And it sucks.

[@Cornhollo26]

More like “Clare and gay boomer son’s safe adventures!

[@saoliath5000]

the "woke" elements feel so egregious in part because the movie is so rote. its like the directors had a checklist of "inclusive" material to add in only because of political obligation. i wouldnt be suprised if that one character was made gay only so they could say they had a gay character in it for instance.

[@GodOfOrphans]

That whole shtick has just been a glorified marketing ploy from the beginning as none of the companies ever stick to their guns for overseas markets.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Yeah, the dad dynamic was the worst bit of the two dad's I ended up hating Searcher more BECAUSE of how passive aggressive he was. Jager may be settled with being a, urgh, 'example of toxic masculinity' but Searcher is worse because he actively holds people back. Jager leaves but he also leaves due to the argument he has with Searcher over the fungi. He was willing to stick around UP until that point which comes of that while there was conflict with the two before, Jager knew he had to stay because it was his responsibility to do so. The scene at the mountain was the straw that broke the camel's back and it's also a point to remember that Jager may have thought he'd come back no problem until circumstances threw him a curve ball otherwise. Searcher....is just UNLIKABLE. He's passive to an enormous fault and I think it's because of how he treats his own son about adventuring. Sure, say that it's the two dad's being more similar than alike but Jager at least knew he had to take chances to protect his family, even to his own fault. Searcher just came off more weak willed then intellectual and cautious.

[@rileyjfosbre6383]

8:41 I heard about this scene with Caravan Palace (it was Lone Digger) and I basically decided not to see this movie because that scene would’ve annoyed the s?@t out of me. They didn’t even get an instrumental track version of it. Someone posted a clip on Twitter where you can hear the song cut right before the lyrics start.

[@saladglove]

To be fair, I don't necessarily think Strange World is the WORST movie ever made by Disney. No, I think that "honor" goes to Raya and the Last Dragon. The "climax" of that movie was absolutely god-awful, and the title dragon being so insufferable, that I almost stopped watching at multiple points. I was able to sit through Strange World well enough, although I do think it's definitely disney's most BORING film yet. I found myself rolling my eyes over how many times they reiterated how much Searcher and Ethan didn't want to be like their dads, as it was almost every other line that Searcher had talking about how bad his dad was that we didn't really get to see his character shine. And I completely agree that Arthur Christmas does this generational storyline WAY better.

[@unicorntomboy9736]

No, I strongly disagree. Reya and the Last Dragon was actually a decent movie in many opinion No, the honor of the worst Disney animated movie is Chicken Little. That movie is legitimately bad in so many ways

[@unicorntomboy9736]

@Freesmart Sorry but I disagree. The soundtrack was one thing that was excellent

[@unicorntomboy9736]

That should have learned into the pulp sci fi art direction that was used in the beginning of the movie. It would have made the movie more visually unique That new Puss in Boots movie has destroyed Disney at the cinemas

[@DecepticonFan21]

You're back, Revamped, And the madness will never end Great (Okay, Seriously, I'm glad you're back)

[@thephantomoftheparadise5666]

I'm very glad I've never watched this movie. Puss in Boots was so much better.

[@Heidegaff]

I know the beginning is played for a joke, but can we stop saying animated movies are for children. Sure, they are ACCESSIBLE to children in a way that doesn't shock them and it's understandable even to them and has morals that they can use in their developemental life, but bad movies don't get a pass at being bad just because they're animated. Animation is a technique, not a genre, it ain't strictly kids-based, and can be good for adults too, take Puss in Boots 2, a movie about a guy coming to terms with his own mortality, learning to leave his past prime into the past and accept the fact that he's got to settle and stop being careless in life.

[@RoninCatholic]

When you focus on "inlcusion" and "diversity" and "representation" at the expense of literally anything else, don't be surprised when your lack of any other substance _eventually_ comes back to bite you.

[@Islamphobe]

Characters should just feel and be natural

[@witchplease9695]

The characters identity weren’t relevant to the movie at all, so this is a pointless comment.

[@RoninCatholic]

​@@witchplease9695 Considering their "identity" was literally a selling point, "not relevant at all" is what we in the know refer to as a lie. Or more politely, a deflection or misdirection. Calling so if "this" refers to your own comment rather than the one you're replying to, you're correct.

[@amethyst_cat9532]

Yeah, I think some studios rely too much on token representation for marketing purposes instead of actually building a good story. I love seeing representation (and I think it's especially important in children's and family media because not every kid has the chance to learn about people outside their own age/race/gender/sexuality demographic in a real-life setting), but it's not something you can just slap on at the last minute. Disney has plenty of "gay characters" who aren't in queer stories and plenty of queer-coded stories where the characters' orientations are left ambiguous. Luz Noceda is a great example of representation done right; she's a great character on her own, and you can't take away her brownness or queerness without significantly changing her characterization and even her appearance, from her craft-scissors-disaster pixie cut to her dress choice of a suit coat and fluffy pink tutu for a fancy event. Her mother, Camila, isn't queer (that we know of), but her brownness is still given its due in her characterization-even in little things like wearing a protective hair net to bed or living cheesy Latin pop music. Too many studio executives don't let their crew invest that much love and care into characters.

[@morbidsearch]

​@@Islamphobe "I'm scared of a religion practised by yucky brown people but still follow a religion that worships the same god"

[@HydraSpectre1138]

2022 was a great film for animation if you look past Disney’s offerings. Inu-Oh is amazing. One of the best musical films in recent memory.

[@Sussy_Bottom_Boys]

King Kong Bundy replaced with Sara Beef Bellum? I'm down. Seriously though, glad to see you're back. Finding a good essayist these days is like looking for salt on a beach.

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

I am so glad you and your glorious voice had returned!

[@olive_oil_arts5095]

Aw damn, I really liked this movie. Interested to hear your take, though (commenting before I watch bc you deserve the engagement my guy).

[@Barrystue]

Dinosaur: allow us to reintroduce ourselves

[@elitely6748]

A new video from Buried Entertainment is always gonna be interesting!

[@willhiggins9563]

Well, this may be the harshest, yet still good-faithed take of this movie I’ve scene. Honestly, I like this movie. Maybe not as good as I hoped for when buying the tickets, but it’s at least deserves to break even. I guess I was hoping I would see someone’s passion project Disney was trying to neglect, but that passion wasn’t there, but the effort was, so I can’t call it a bad film. On the more Nit Picky points. The Glades may not seem like a Farmer family in real life, but the in universe culture of Avalonia is clearly different, so that’s probably just how rural folk are for them. (I can go into the material conditions shape cultures that way, but hat seems like a bit much.) And I actually like Ethan as gay representations. Sure hid romance wasn’t a big part of the plot, but I felt like that was part of the point. It was treated like a normal thing a guy his age would go through. Even he rugged grandpa didn’t bad a eyelash when Ethan mentioned him. But I am straight myself, so I’m hardly the final word for that. Also Avalonia is more Solar Punk then Steam Punk.

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

I like the movie. The visuals at the start are creativ. The strange world is a cool concept, probably more if you get the plot twist before the twist and look for the biology nerd things. The charachters are likeable. I'm with the let gay characters just have their normal life and storys and not make everythink the same "but it's not socially acceptable" story. Splat is the best. Finally a disney cute sidekick that is on the usefullness scale of Timon and Pumba and not just written to be there and with one change can be written out of the story like Olaf. The noone is actual a villain was the only really bad thing. I expeccted the president Lady to go full Atlantis and not just act on an misunderstanding. Something like "Under my leadership everything will be still perfect and I don't care what the leaders after me have to deal with. My Legacy will not be tainted!" and her beeing pure selfish would explain why she didn't bet an eye about that one of her crewmates got eaten.

[@GizzmoGearhead]

I may be a day late, but glad I got everything I needed from the trailers! Jokes aside, take your time and make sure to do what you need for yourself. I enjoy your content, but make sure to put your mental and physical needs first. Your reviews are always worth the wait.

[@eh-dk5sc]

This movie was so underwhelming that when my sister and I went to watch it in theatres, we were THE ONLY ONES THERE 😭😭😭 the whole room was so empty we just decided to laugh and talk as if we were right at home, so it wasn’t even worth going to the theatre for. But at least it was fun to make fun of 🤷

[@namelessnavnls8060]

One major personal reason for me to hate this movie is that it accidentally stole a major premise from a story I've been developing for.. _YEARS_ before this dingy movie came out or was even a _thought_ in some Disney executive's head. The turtle continent thing is what I'm talking about. But in my story, you can't just dumbly go inside the thing. You'll die if you do because it's literally an animal, not some sort of weird alien thing with a whole other livable micro ecosystem. Also MY turtles could put this thing to shame with the level of thought and development that has been put into them, and their sheer size.. They're about the size of the continent of Africa. Lol.

[@rainalystre1877]

The song that came on during the dance bit was Lone Digger. I was first watching this film with my family, and I sat frozen in my seat as I recognized the tune. I was the only one of the family that listened to the more 'strange' songs. Of all the songs present with an electric swing- the movie when with *that*?!? Thank god they trimmed it down for the movie, but for that entire clip I was silent, struggling to keep the gazelle and the cat trio out of my head (iykyk). I could mark the moments where they took out the lyrics and just let the instrumentals play, because I knew that those lyrics were not safe for the squeaky clean image Disney wants to pretends it has. If people go looking for the full song based on the movie, then dang will they be in for a rude awakening.

[@Lordpower963]

If you think this movie was bad, wait till you see Wish

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

I gotta disagree, Raya is way worse than this by a mile. This is just a really OK movie, a solid 6 Def agree with the characters being whatever, but as an artist the main star was the visuals and world building work

[@BuriedEntertainment]

Figures, both movies are written by the same person...

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

@@BuriedEntertainment that actually explains a lot...

[@SaurusWarriorSotek]

This is my favorite animation channel, keep the good work you bat-thing-monster

[@raisylvaine8398]

Thank you for actually giving a real criticism of this film. Honestly a lot of reviews I’ve seen online were just “gay bad, bad movie.”

[@albatross4920]

11:10 thanks for reminding me that "in a heartbeat" exists. I forgot how good that was

[@termigamer1487]

I check the channel yesterday thinking it's been a while since the last upload, head to sleep, then the next day BOOM! New video. I could swear I have a psychic connection to the universe, capable of indirectly predicting the future.

[@Arisorio]

Those characters in the background of your videos seem so interesting and like there would be more about them, are they in anything else too?

[@GJYYNGII]

0:57 Where's this clip from? What movie is this?

[@Captain_tiberius]

I'm glad you uploaded! it good to see something from ya! to bad it was over a movie you hated instead of loved, but i suppose that's' just the state of Cinema right now... Still though great video, here is a commit to please the algorithm!

[@wolfbane7497]

LETS GO MY OLD FRIEND !!!!!!!

[@skullsquad900]

Completely disagree, it was a perfect mess! 👌

[@sunkenmist6607]

Anyone else wondering how these little bits of plot we get here and there fit together?

[@sirensong237]

It’s a touch on environmental issues.. each generation of what we “think” we know best, ends up doing damage in the long run.. like people thinking fossil fuels do better for the environment than coal mining, and now with electric cars, only to end up taking more energy to charge the battery than saving the planet.. the point is global warming, environmental damage, and how we are killing the planet and we need to do and be better than our predecessors.. change takes sacrifice..

[@rachelobert3651]

So glad you're back!!! I missed your content! Hope you're doing well!

[@smarmydude3019]

i've been following this channel for like a year and i still have no idea what the hell the lore is it's definitely more interesting than what Strange World looks tho i guess

[@404_Toonz]

This feels like a movie that would be playing in the theatres inside a world of another movie. Except its not fun

[@NachoPotato]

I love this so lore much! Also did you get a production upgrade with that intro? Edit: intro, graphics, notes and animated rat bits*

[@laurenceshelly6932]

Searcher is legit the weakest Farmer and the softest hands I've ever seen in my life

[@bio9leader60]

FUCKING LONE DIGGER?!?!?? IN A DISNEY FILM???? This is fucking fireball all over again but at least THAT wasn't actually IN Zootopia!

[@walmaker8372]

2:36 "Damnit Dale, I thought I told you not to write that Disney film, for god's sake."

[@FillaneAmmisto]

As much as I wish I could just dismiss it as some sort of hidden gem, ruined my disney with a lack of marketing, I have to agree with you. I watched it and felt kinda bored. The plot wasn't really catching and the message felt weaker due to the previous movies which handled generational trauma better. Turning red literally came out the same year and we had Encanto also not THAT long ago. It seems really to be a case of Disney seeing that the movie is too generic to perform the way they need it to and deciding to save some money by keeping the marketing budget low

[@FromOrbit]

I think you're a little too harsh on the movie. I don't think its excellent, or even that good, but it does have some things of value to offer. The reveal of what the strange world is, and the the shot of the giant eye, combined with realizing that nothing in the strange world has eyes, was an effective execution of that twist and a pretty striking moment. And even if that weren't the case, it's still not the worst Disney animated movie. Dinosaur (2000).

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

Hey, Dinosaur is a MASTERPIECE compared to this trite garbage of a movie. "Too harsh"? Bruh. I've seen reviews more scathing and he's quite tame in comparison...

[@Mal-go5dl]

Dinosaur is worth watching for the opening scene and anytime the Carnotaurus show up

[@ARandomDizzy]

Yay you are back! Really missed your analysis of films. ^w^

[@ryanmaclean1720]

Welcome back. Its good to see you. I'll be honest this is a strange one to cover, but I'm glad to see you're back to your old creative self... more or less, I don't know you personally so I can't say if you are or not I'm just going off what I see. So was the well dressed lizard man replaced by the Minotaur or what? that came somewhat out of left field for me not going to lie, same with the lack of the Axolotyl. Your world within these reviews is quite entertaining I must say

[@AmishParadise27]

I think what I dislike the most is that putting LGBT characters in your narrative and said films not doing as well as they could have done critically means that everyone calls said critics "homophobic", yet I never saw or read a single review for either Lightyear nor Strange World that said that the films were bad because they had LGBT characters in them. Much like Buried Entertainment, they talk about everything else about the film but not say the blatantly homophobic "oh this film has gays in them and therefore its bad".

[@0Cocoron0]

I really really like this channel. I love the art style. I love Valentino as a presenter. He's cute and has a lovely voice I just like hearing him talk. Today was a very bad day for me. But discovering this channel made it better. Excited to see more!

[@dislike_button33]

I don't know what's happening at the end there, but that girl randomly quacking after calling you weird was just hilarious!

[@angusalvarado3064]

Glad your back, and I like the design for the cow lady.

[@redrox3312]

It’s definitely not the worst Disney movie like the title suggests but i feel like it displays everything wrong with modern corporate Disney and how their behavior has drawn over to their perfectly fine animation studio

[@olgamihailovic3425]

Genuinely in love with the stuff you put out, your channel and the way you talk about movies is nice and a breath of fresh air for me. Great work!

[@Kaine-fy4cx]

This is off topic, but Luca doesn't have any gay representation. Alberto had a fear of being abandoned by his best and only friend Luca for Julia. It is a bit unlearn and could be mistaken for feeling for him until the part about him telling Luca his dad left him. That's when you can tell that he was just afraid of being alone.

[@Zaiqukaj]

I think this is the first time I’ve encountered anyone talking about it after it came out.

[@lexibyday9504]

My thought process on this is that a movie is best for a short story. One where only two characters have names, the world doesn't matter, the people don't matter, and there's probably a moral at the end. Because any world building or character development not relivent to the main story is just eating up screen time meaning something actually important has to be cut out. Longer and more ambitious stories especially ones revolving around their worldbuilding should be given the Avatar Last Airbender treatment instead and made as a long series of 20-50 episodes. And when the sugestion of a filler episode comes up the worldbuilding and character development should be the first things looked at making the episode revolve around whatever has been the most neglected. There now everything is in harmony. Corporates can make easy movies and blow all their budget of the special effects while we watch actually interesting series that take longer than a few minutes to binge and make full use of that screentime.

[@totokekedile]

I did find it interesting how bold it was with its environmental message. With how many people shout down attempts to mitigate climate change with "but that will hurt the economy", I wasn't expecting the movie to say "I don't care, do it anyway, the environment is more important".

[@baldbeardedbloke6887]

This was not the worst Disney film I have ever seen.

[@Onyx1987]

FINALLY, more of my favorite possum! Edit: Whoa wait where did the cow lady come from? Where's turtle guy? Anyway whatever happened to you, I hope you're okay now.

[@motxmod]

She was mentioned at the end of his Ant Bully video by the doctor.

[@eatatjoes6751]

me, having followed the purple rat dude: I'm watching Chicken Run again.

[@andrewjohntrnavsky4566]

It would be a chore to agree less, all you need to know is that I highly disagree.(Insert cuss word filled sentence that is basically just one of the biggest insults I can think of)

[@Readspiraloyster]

I personally enjoyed the film but I think I was mostly due to watching with my family cuz watching anything with my family will automatically make me enjoy it most of the time regardless of quality 😊 Also I find that premise pretty cool giant superorganism that's been sold by owner of a sucker for that😅 Though I do understand and agree with the critiques😅

[@loggat3804]

I don't think it is that bad. mind you, the best I would give it is "mildly good", but I do think it is better than some other disney films. Of course, for a studio as accomplished as disney's, mildly good is not really permissible

[@QuiteSimplyInsane]

Random Take, but Valentino is that one Horror Protagonist who talks to himself for no reason *coughblakelangermanncough*

[@arandomfox999]

I'm literally on a farm and I love electro swing! And I grew up on them as well, I just also happen to be highly passionate about computer technology as well. Edit: Border Collies are amazing and I love mine.